COSCO Qidong Offshore co., Ltd shipyard is set to build an accomodation vessel for Axis Offshore

China’s COSCO shipyard has ordered two offshore cranes from Bergen-based TTS for a new accommodation vessel

TTS, a Norwegian manufacturer of marine and offshore equipment, has announced that it has won a contract to supply two offshore cranes to China’s COSCO shipyard.

The shipbuilder has ordered the cranes for an accommodation vessel that it is set to build for Axis Offshore, a joint venture company between J. Lauritzen A/S in Denmark and HitecVision AS in Norway.

The contract will be fulfilled by two elements of the TTS business; TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS (OHE) in Norway will supply one 40 ton knuckle boom crane and TTS Neuenfelder Maschinenfabrik GmbH (NMF) in Germany will supply one 70 ton lattice boom crane.

The contract represents a milestone for the TTS Group as the first combined sales package of offshore cranes achieved by TTS OHE and TTS NMF. It is also the first contract for such equipment that TTS has signed with the COSCO group.

COSCO Qidong Offshore co., Ltd shipyard, which is building the semi-submersible accommodation vessel, will receive the cranes in the third quarter of 2014. The contract comprises an option which must be exercised by 26 September 2013 for identical scope of supply.